Thomas Edwards
of Alleghany County, NC

Thomas Edwards, son of Berry
EDWARDS, Sr., & Ruth DAVIS, was born June 16, 1820, in
Ashe Co., NC, and died Jan. 11, 1897, in Alleghany Co., NC. He
married (1) Nancy Fender, daughter of John FENDER & Martha TOLIVER,
abt. 1840. She was born Feb. 10, 1826, in Ashe Co., NC, and died
Mar. 9, 1869, in Alleghany Co., NC. He married (2) Delilah Jane Higgins, daughter of John HIGGINS & Susan EDWARDS,
Nov. 25, 1869, in Alleghany Co., NC. She was born Oct. 14, 1828,
in Ashe Co., NC, and died Sept. 11, 1916, in Alleghany Co., NC. She was the widow of John E. EDWARDS.
Thomas and his first wife, Nancy, are buried at the Hiram Edwards
Cemetery, Road 1162, Bledsoe Creek, Alleghany Co., NC.
Thomas's second wife, Delilah, is buried at the Mountain View
Baptist Church, Road 1463, Alleghany Co., NC.

Oct. 20, 1890. Allen IRWIN &
Thos. EDWARDS make oath that they held a bond from Isom WAGONER
& Thos. FENDER granting a water way through WAGONER &
FENDER's meadow to the line of Meredith RICHARDSON towards
the mill sold to them by Levi JOINES, said waterway to run where
the road is now located. The bond is lost or misplaced and cannot
be found, therefore we ask that the provision of said bond be
complied with. Signed: Allen IRWIN, Thos. EDWARDS. Wit: H.D.
ESTEP. Reg. Feb. 11, 1934. (Alleghany DB 42:558.)

May 24, 1895. Thomas EDWARDS & wife Delila to Hiram
EDWARDS, Jr., 5 tracts of land on Bledsoes Creek [no acreage
stated], for love & affection, and in consideration that he
cares for them in their old age & allows them a house on the
land hereinafter conveyed, and further that he pays $25 to
Solomon EDWARDS, $100 to Jane MOXLEY, $100 to Sally
WHITEHEAD's heirs, $100 to Cyntha E. ANDERS, and $100 to
Susan C. JOINES, all these sums to become due & payable
without interest at the death of the longest lived of said Thomas
EDWARDS or Delila EDWARDS. 1st tract: adj. John E. MOXLEY,
Starling EDWARDS, the ford in the branch below Starling
EDWARDS' house, & Berry ESTEP. 2nd tract: adj. John E.
MOXLEY, BURTON, & a tract of land formerly surveyed by John
TOLIVER. 3rd tract: adj. old BURTON corner now John E. MOXLEY, a
branch, & north side of Peach Bottom Mountain. 4th tract:
adj. the old road in the side of the 1st tract, west side of the
Mountain, Starling EDWARDS, Berry ESTEP, & BURTON. 5th tract:
adj. the 1st tract. The longest lived of the said Thomas EDWARDS
& Delila EDWARDS reserve a life estate, but Hiram EDWARDS is
to have a house on the place. Signed: Thomas EDWARDS, Delila
EDWARDS. Proved July 6, 1895. Reg. Jan. 27, 1896. (Alleghany DB
10:360.)